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2013 OB goes FORWARD in reverse and wont roll in neutral...?!


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Light wreck pinched the trans line up front and puked fluid. 

I refilled it and it drives in drive, goes *forward* when in reverse, and goes nowhere in neutral - it won’t even drift in neutral?!  What?  How can you “blow” neutral?

Is this transmission hosed from puking or has air in the fluid from being emptied or am I missing something?

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I ASSume 2.5, CVT?

Does it go into Park (engage parking prawl)?

What fluid did you use, and did you put it in the right place (fill plug on the side)?

I know these can be a bear to get all the air out (best done level, warm and running, which is hard to do without a hoist), but I wouldn't think an air pocket would default to drive.

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You got it - CVT, 2.5, correct fill hole, and Amsoil CVT fluid that GD uses.

Like you suggest - Subaru mentions temperature and adding quantities at a time/cycling with engine running. I just topped it off and ignored that   

I did briefly shift but didn’t cycle through gears much at all so maybe it’ll smooth out topping it off again and looking at those procedures. 

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